Twijnstra Surname

807,857th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 346 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Twijnstra Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Twijnstra Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3161:53,4409,173
Paraguay81:904,5939,127
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Twijnstra Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Twijnstra Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Twijnstra occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Twijnstra? popularity and diffusion

The last name Twijnstra is the 807,857th most frequent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 21,062,271 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 93 percent of Twijnstra live; 92 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is held by 316 people, or 1 in 53,440. In The Netherlands Twijnstra is most common in: Friesland, where 62 percent live, Utrecht, where 9 percent live and North Holland, where 9 percent live. Outside of The Netherlands Twijnstra exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Paraguay, where 2 percent live and Brazil, where 2 percent live.

Twijnstra Last Name Statistics demography

Twijnstra earn significantly less than the average income. In Norway they earn 31.45% less than the national average, earning 237,243 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Twinstra940/
Tinstra881/
Tuinstra822,551/
Tienstra82471/
Twynstra8284/
Tunstra751/
Toonstra71386/
Tanistra71149/
Duinstra71104/
Teenstra7142/
Tuimstra712/
Tunastra712/
Tunistra711/
Tuynstra711/
Tinastro711/
Tonistra711/
Tuinstar711/
Twynsdra711/
Tennstra710/
Tienastar671/
Tanstoura671/
Dwi Yunistra671/
Duimstra59335/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Twijnstra
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